Fire Breaks Out at Itasca State Park

(Park Rapids, MN) -- Evacuations have been ordered on the northside of Itasca State Park after a fire broke out in a remote location.  

Crew members are battling the blaze around the Bohall Trail and Lake, achieving about five-percent containment on the nine-acre blaze as of Wednesday evening. No buildings have been damaged, and no injuries have been reported.  

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.